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Irving Reef

Coordinates: 10°52′N 114°55′E / 10.86°N 114.92°E / 10.86; 114.92 (Irving Reef)
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Irving Reef
Map
Other names
Balagtas Reef (Philippine English)
Bahura ng Balagtas (Filipino)
đá Cá Nhám (Vietnamese)
火艾礁 Huǒ'ài Jiāo (Chinese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates10°52′N 114°55′E / 10.86°N 114.92°E / 10.86; 114.92 (Irving Reef)
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
Philippines

Irving Reef, also known as Balagtas Reef (Tagalog: Bahura ng Balagtas); Mandarin Chinese: 火艾礁; pinyin: Huǒ'ài Jiāo, Vietnamese: đá Cá Nhám, is a coral reef in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. It is occupied by the Philippines as part of the Kalayaan Islands, Palawan,[1][2] and is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.

The reef is 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southwest of West York Island (known as Likas Island in the Philippines). It is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) in length.[3] There is a sand cay near the northern extremity.[4]

The Filipino(Tagalog) name, Balagtas Reef, is named after the Filipino poet, Francisco Balagtas.

References

  1. ^ "Smart maintains GSM service on Pag-asa Is". The Philippine Star. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  2. ^ Esplanada, Jerry (2011-06-06). "Manila's claim in Spratlys within West Philippine Sea". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  3. ^ D. J. Hancox, John Robert Victor Prescott, A Geographical Description of the Spratly Islands and an Account of Hydrographic Surveys Amongst Those Islands (International Boundaries Research Unit, 1995, ISBN 978-1897643181, p. 7. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  4. ^ Sailing Directions 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand (13 ed.). Bethesda, Maryland: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2011. p. 10.
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